Maintain basic configuration
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Basic configuration settings for Voice are maintained in the customising node for EWM under Mobile Data Entry > TCT Mobility > Voice Execution > Maintain Voice Utilities Settings (below), against the previously created .
When an operator logs into a Talkman device and is asked for their SAP password, a predefined prefix can be automatically added. This is useful for companies with strict password guidelines, such as requiring a mixture of letters, numbers, and symbols. A business rule can be defined to ensure all voice operators' passwords start with the same prefix, while the operator provides a numeric suffix as their input. PreBilt combines the prefix with the spoken numbers and sends the full password to SAP for authentication.
Defines the type of input expected for the password:
GetBarcode – activates the device barcode scanner for input.
GetNumeric – expects a spoken numeric input.
Defines the welcome prompt spoken to the operator upon turning on the Talkman.
Defines the prompt spoken to the operator to request the user password.
Defines the help prompt for password input when the “talkman help” voice command is invoked.
Certain voice settings like voice language key, bin verification using shapes, and bin name patterns are configured in the customising node for EWM under Mobile Data Entry > TCT Mobility > Voice Execution > Maintain Voice Utilities Settings.
These settings are explained in detail in the following sections.
The default description for a product as maintained in the product master is not necessarily compatible for voice-directed operations. It may contain unreadable strings or words in uppercase, for example. To address this issue, a new language key for a ‘Correspondence Language’ can be configured in standard transaction I18N in ERP and EWM (if decentralised). See customising node under I18N Menu > I18N Customizing > Correspondence Language:
Creating a new correspondence language enables the maintenance of a parallel product description in the additional basic data view of the material master (transaction MM02 in ERP) that can hold a description which is more suitable to be spoken, as shown below.
The language key to be used to retrieve voice-friendly product descriptions must be assigned at Warehouse level in the customising node for EWM under Mobile Data Entry > TCT Mobility > Voice Execution > Maintain Voice Utilities Settings.
When traditional check digits are used for storage bins, warehouse operators can easily memorise them, especially in fast-moving locations. This may allow them to pre-verify a storage bin during warehouse task confirmation even if they have not reached it physically. This is far from good practice and unfortunately forces warehouse administrators to frequently having to re-generate and re-print check digit labels to minimise this occurrence. Of course, this puts an undesirable extra burden on the warehouse operation.
To address this problem, PreBilt has a storage bin verification solution which assigns random check digits and various associated shapes to each storage bin, which are printed on a label as per this example:
In the customising node for EWM under Mobile Data Entry > TCT Mobility > Voice Execution > Maintain Voice Utilities Settings the following settings can be defined at under the Storage Type node:
Use Shapes – the use of shapes for bin verification can be activated for a storage type with this check box.
Check Digit Length – refers to the number of digits the generator will assign to each shape. The concatenated string of check digits for all shapes is saved into the standard field /SCWM/LAGP-PBV_VERIF in the storage bin.
Uniqueness – indicates the level of uniqueness required (if any) for check digits for each storage bin within a predefined range of bins around it, in terms of number of aisles and stacks on either side of the bin. This can ensure a check digit value assigned to a storage bin is unique for a specific shape, or across all shapes within an area. This eliminates the chance of two storage bins in close proximity having the same check digits, which could lead to accidentally picking from the wrong location, as the system would correctly verify the bin since the check digit matches.
Aisles for Uniqueness – refers to the number of aisles on either side of each storage bin where the generator will ensure the uniqueness of the check digits (if uniqueness is required).
Stacks for Uniqueness – refers to the number of stacks on either side of each storage bin where the generator will ensure the uniqueness of the check digits (if uniqueness is required).
Use the Shape Definition node for each storage type to configure the shapes to be used for verification. Enter a name for each shape, the position of the shape, the shape bitmap (defined in transaction SE78) and its voice description. Any type of visual shape or image can be used.
Storage bin names as stored in /SCWM/LAGP-LGPLA may contain certain characters which should not be considered when speaking a bin name during a voice flow. For this purpose, a bin name pattern can be defined at Storage Type level in the customising node for EWM under Mobile Data Entry > TCT Mobility > Voice Execution > Maintain Voice Utilities Settings.
Multiple patterns can be defined for each storage type, by assigning a sequence number. Define the following:
Source Bin Pattern – this is defined using Regular Expressions (RegEx). Only strings defined within brackets () are extracted to form the voice bin name.
Destination Bin Pattern – each string defined within brackets in the Source Bin Pattern is identified with &1, &2, &3, etc. and can be used to form the spoken bin name. Other characters can be added such as commas, to add a pause between strings (e.g. <aisle>, <stack>, <level>).
To retrieve a product description using the voice language, use function MAT when configuring the voice prompt as described in . The system first tries to retrieve the product description using the defined voice language key. If no entry is found, the system retrieves the description using the logon language key.
When configuring a voice prompt that includes a bin name, use the function BIN as described in .
